Rail ticket sales - 2005 to 2017 - ME

The diagram shows how rail traffic (measured by tickets sold) has grown or
shunk in the ten years since 2005 at each of the various stations in a
region - in this case ME. Figures for 2009-10 are taken
as 100%, and then each of the following years is shown for each station as
a percentage of that figure.

Dark blue - over 500,000 entries / exits in 2005
Red - over 50,000 but less that 500,000 entries
Green - over 5,000 but less than 50,000 entries
Pink - over 500 but less than 5,000 entries

Here is the raw data:

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2005 -> 2017change

2010 -> 2017change

Maidstone West

1190631

1290647

415298

550875

562943

372120

391745

494164

834293

831718

843268

830421

846586

71.1%

227.5%

Rochester

686905

705227

760800

853460

900528

912184

1067946

1139154

1161712

1240794

1304746

1385260

1631718

237.5%

178.9%

Maidstone Barracks

1479

3002

4190

399

70

152000

160029

117538

267765

266938

270645

266522

271710

18371.2%

178.8%

New Hythe

46147

57551

63890

73147

83336

77420

87138

92178

89712

90614

108684

107954

124612

270.0%

161.0%

East Farleigh

18091

17527

21782

19132

17210

20798

25332

27922

29794

27580

29312

31604

33162

183.3%

159.4%

Swale

3831

5446

3947

2756

2394

2876

4068

6000

3372

3792

5026

3916

4458

116.4%

155.0%

Halling

40127

43857

43977

45378

49920

44530

43684

43124

45124

48070

55240

58710

68100

169.7%

152.9%

Hollingbourne

31131

30031

32681

38852

44960

41066

38088

34868

38546

42854

46554

50668

57592

185.0%

140.2%

Snodland

146468

169868

161688

177871

191942

183894

185132

181424

185384

192934

194954

217306

249698

170.5%

135.8%

Strood

524196

694422

764396

892705

926618

884568

1057254

1108876

1110912

1098676

1182148

1197602

1132056

216.0%

128.0%

Aylesford

62484

83218

80375

92776

97428

96178

96396

98742

107356

112666

115906

115314

122554

196.1%

127.4%

Gillingham (Kent)

1985141

2033034

2200842

2348656

2371132

2305746

2409294

2433346

2408408

2439280

2540188

2629244

2731126

137.6%

118.4%

West Malling

584928

589742

645178

776987

830064

735796

724510

748146

753626

760292

782090

816144

852766

145.8%

115.9%

Barming

116214

121260

134178

139892

143552

124816

123140

126978

124318

127656

129926

136362

142850

122.9%

114.4%

Cuxton

32699

36933

41559

42499

42548

38326

39018

43490

45140

39854

41578

40808

42512

130.0%

110.9%

Rainham (Kent)

1653292

1689182

1782676

1825153

1820188

1676638

1703536

1702248

1693230

1715959

1722010

1775560

1821372

110.2%

108.6%

Sittingbourne

1909992

1935723

2028590

2166116

2214758

2034546

2050928

2019744

1949484

1965579

2063382

2111046

2164064

113.3%

106.4%

Harrietsham

59722

65949

69043

71094

79856

70616

73812

76008

75270

72334

74412

74950

74566

124.9%

105.6%

Faversham

1356008

1365823

1461177

1545110

1560252

1465396

1468446

1472058

1444478

1381575

1430252

1468006

1499066

110.5%

102.3%

Selling

60668

56670

63690

69358

72164

65092

59998

57466

52552

50822

67396

69340

66426

109.5%

102.0%

Queenborough

162234

179418

166631

167201

163596

150504

152522

141796

120008

119210

118204

123064

153166

94.4%

101.8%

Kemsley

118629

124670

137835

154788

157150

147018

144952

136450

124688

129438

140950

145748

148188

124.9%

100.8%

Yalding

28103

29663

29930

33762

29084

26260

25826

25376

24086

22542

21604

23600

25544

90.9%

97.3%

Newington

128798

136349

144518

150843

153754

139902

135438

135844

127962

125724

133328

132770

134280

104.3%

96.0%

Bearsted

317160

327457

371664

421414

461546

411338

393688

395954

396034

391478

396840

398246

390814

123.2%

95.0%

Chatham

2893126

2945044

3092522

3261803

3202334

2919828

2883930

2861330

2742960

2699480

2696730

2767892

2742800

94.8%

93.9%

Wateringbury

44623

47553

51637

52096

54268

51460

52996

54010

50472

49796

47976

47302

48084

107.8%

93.4%

Higham

204809

185134

204578

240658

245946

216450

193048

191428

183500

180892

182178

186956

194226

94.8%

89.7%

East Malling

81576

97692

99324

111595

112606

109676

104940

101198

95462

100762

99628

101838

97322

119.3%

88.7%

Sheerness-On-Sea

566332

588702

578785

586705

572760

520848

521910

473210

411480

390136

395970

403538

432798

76.4%

83.1%

Teynham

153698

154827

161316

166978

172316

150656

133592

120884

106642

108114

117474

119614

121822

79.3%

80.9%

Maidstone East

829594

870435

1877269

1978547

2088582

1889886

1839396

1801174

1343900

1339752

1358356

1337663

1363702

164.4%

72.2%

Lenham

152977

164524

168332

193168

175826

132076

117156

125292

113748

103782

108194

98380

94956

62.1%

71.9%

Average percentage from 2005 to 2016 is 122.81% over 33
stations in the area.

Data is for year up to 31st March (e.g. "2011" is 1st April 2010
to 31st March 2011). Figures are Department for Transport published
figures for total ticket sales for entrances and exits at specific
stations and are subject to the caveats in their reports. The graph excludes
stations with less that 500 entrances / exits (or not open) in the year
to 31st March 2005. Where a percentage is given in the final columns, it's
the data for 2016 as a percentage of the 2005 and 2010 data; we do not calculate /
display the percentage for stations without data or with very few
passengers indeed in either of these two years as it could mislead.

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